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B. Braun Melsungen AG
Company type	AG
Industry	Health Care
Founded	1839
Founder	Julius William Braun
Headquarters	Melsungen, Germany
Key people	Heinz W. Große, CEO
Revenue	4422.8 EUR (2010)
Number of employees	41,666(2010)
Website	www.bbraun.com

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B. Braun Melsungen AG is a German medical and pharmaceutical company, which has offices and facilities in 50 countries. Its headquarters are located in the small town of Melsungen, in central Germany. The company was founded and is still owned by the Braun family, and originated in the year 1839 as a pharmacy in Melsungen, where it started to sell medical herbs by mail to customers all over the country.

Later, a manufacturing plant was built, where production of several medical products began, mainly surgical sutures. With this product, Braun started to supply to hospitals, and added in the following decades other product lines to its manufacturing program, like intravenous solutions, monitoring apparatus and other medical devices. In the 60's, Braun became highly specialized in plastics for pharmaceutical and medical uses, and developed the first plastic container for I. V. solutions, so as many other products for patient care in hospitals.

As the company grew, markets all over the world were opened to sell its products, and manufacturing facilities were acquired or established in several countries, like France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech republic, the United States, Brazil and Malaysia. B. Braun acquired also other health care companies, like Aesculap AG in Germany, one of the leading companies in the world for surgical instruments.

With over 41,000 employees in more than 50 countries, B. Braun is today one of the leading hospital supply companies in the world.^[1]^[2]

Aesculap

B. Braun's Aesculap division, (/æsˈkliːp/), which includes Aesculap, Inc., its American unit, is a manufacturer of surgical equipment. It derives its name from Aesculapius, the Greek and Roman god of medicine and physicians. It manufactures a range of equipment including sutures, handheld surgical instruments, implants, and electrosurgical devices and powers systems. It also provides training to healthcare workers through its Aesculap Academy.^[3]^[4]

Aesculap was founded in 1887 in Tuttlingen, Germany by Gottfried Jetter. Aesculap, Inc., its American division, was founded 110 years later in 1977 in Center Valley, Pennsylvania . Aesculap AG was incorporated into the B. Braun Group in 1998.^[5]

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^ http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/facts-and-figures.html B. Braun Melsugnen AG: Facts & Figures
^ http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/focus-world-special-purpose-needles/story.aspx?guid=%7BFA0075F4-A809-4A67-8962-548576F4567B%7D&dist=msr_4
^ http://www.hoovers.com/company/Aesculap_Inc/rcystxi-1.html Hoovers: Aesculap, Inc.
^ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4773534 Bloomberg Businessweek: Aesculap, Inc.
^ http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/history.html

[1] ttp://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/facts-and-figures.html B. Braun Melsugnen AG: Facts & Figures

[2] ttp://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/focus-world-special-purpose-needles/story.aspx?guid=%7BFA0075F4-A809-4A67-8962-548576F4567B%7D&dist=msr_4

[3] ttp://www.hoovers.com/company/Aesculap_Inc/rcystxi-1.html Hoovers: Aesculap, Inc.

[4] ttp://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4773534 Bloomberg Businessweek: Aesculap, Inc.

[5] ttp://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/history.html

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 '''B. Braun Melsungen AG''' is a German medical and pharmaceutical company, which has offices and facilities in 50 countries. Its headquarters are located in the small town of [[Melsungen]], in central [[Germany]]. The company was founded and is still owned by the Braun family, and originated in the year 1839 as a pharmacy in Melsungen, where it started to sell medical herbs by mail to customers all over the country.
+Later, a manufacturing plant was
-Later, a manufacturing plant was built, where production of several medical products began, mainly surgical sutures. With this product, Braun started to supply to hospitals, and added in the following decades other product lines to its manufacturing program, like intravenous solutions, monitoring apparatus and other medical devices. In the 60's, Braun became highly specialized in plastics for pharmaceutical and medical uses, and developed the first plastic container for I. V. solutions, so as many other products for patient care in hospitals.
+built, where production of several medical products began, mainly surgical sutures. With this product, Braun started to supply to hospitals, and added in the following decades other product lines to its manufacturing program, like intravenous solutions, monitoring apparatus and other medical devices. In the 60's, Braun became highly specialized in plastics for pharmaceutical and medical uses, and developed the first plastic container for I. V. solutions, so as many other products for patient care in hospitals.
 As the company grew, markets all over the world were opened to sell its products, and manufacturing facilities were acquired or established in several countries, like France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Slovakia, Czech republic, the United States, Brazil and Malaysia. B. Braun acquired also other health care companies, like [[Aesculap AG]] in Germany, one of the leading companies in the world for surgical instruments.
 With over 41,000 employees in more than 50 countries, B. Braun is today one of the leading hospital supply companies in the world.<ref>http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/facts-and-figures.html B. Braun Melsugnen AG: Facts & Figures</ref><ref>http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/focus-world-special-purpose-needles/story.aspx?guid=%7BFA0075F4-A809-4A67-8962-548576F4567B%7D&dist=msr_4</ref>
+== Aesculap ==
+B. Braun's Aesculap division, (/æsˈkliːp/), which includes Aesculap, Inc., its American unit, is a manufacturer of surgical equipment.  It derives its name from [[Aesculapius]], the Greek and Roman god of medicine and physicians.  It manufactures a range of equipment including sutures, handheld surgical instruments, implants, and electrosurgical devices and powers systems.  It also provides training to healthcare workers through its Aesculap Academy.<ref>http://www.hoovers.com/company/Aesculap_Inc/rcystxi-1.html Hoovers: Aesculap, Inc.</ref><ref>http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=4773534 Bloomberg Businessweek: Aesculap, Inc.</ref>
+Aesculap was founded in 1887 in [[Tuttlingen]], Germany by Gottfried Jetter. Aesculap, Inc., its American division, was founded 110 years later in 1977 in [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania ]]. Aesculap AG was incorporated into the B. Braun Group in 1998.<ref>http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/history.html</ref>
 ==External links==
 * [http://www.bbraun.com B. Braun Melsungen AG (international website)]
-* [http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/aesculap-portal.html Aesculap division (international website)]
 * [http://bbraunusa.com/index.html B. Braun Medical, Inc. (U.S.)]
+* [http://www.bbraun.com/cps/rde/xchg/bbraun-com/hs.xsl/aesculap-portal.html Aesculap division (international website)]
+* [http://www.aesculapusa.com/ Aesculap, Inc. (U.S.)
 * [http://bisusa.org/ B. Braun Infusion Systems (U.S.)]
 * [http://us.bbraunoem.com/index.cfm B. Braun OEM Division (U.S.)]